The next 30-45 mins…
 CCT
 Performers list
 Finding work
 Tayside locum group
 OOH
 Finance
 Question time
Who on earth would choose to be
a locum GP?
 The Undecided
 Rural/Urban
 Large/Small
 FT/PT
 The Developing GP
 The patiently waiting
 Career Locums
 Retired Partners
CCT
 GMC website - CCT online
 CV, fee, photo, GMC cert
 ARCP sent by TCGP
 Will be released no earlier than 10 days before completion
date
 Tense times
 “Tell him to stop worrying, it’ll turn out fine in the end. It
always does” – Dr D Gemmell
Performers List
 Host Board
 Areas of practice
 Tayside –
allison.rooney@nhs.net
 GMC cert
 CV
 References x 2
 CCT
Medical Indemnity
 Estimate max number of
sessions
 Start saving now
 Consider income
protection
Medical Bag
 Medsave.co.uk (+BMA
discount)
 Try B&Q and Tescos first
 Essentials:
Stethoscope, Otoscope/ophthalmoscope, BP cuff,
thermometer, pulse oximeter, glucometer, gloves,
syringes, needles, vaccutainers, Urostips
 Prescriptions
 Collected at the practice
 Drugs
 Training Practice
 Private Scripts
 Diary
 Check + double check… DO NOT DOUBLEBOOK
 Keep a non-digital copy
 GPS
 Mobile Phone
 Get a smartphone
Finding work
 Training practice
 Word of mouth
 E-mail practices
 Tayside Locum Group
 Share amongst each other
DO NOT DOUBLE BOOK!!!
It’s really embarrassing
Confirming sessions
 Job offers - In person, Email, phone, text
 E-mail to confirm
 Pencil in diary
 E-mail to Agree
 Pen in diary
 E-mail to Confirm
Confirmation
 E-mail to confirm
confirmation of
confirmation
(± terms & conditions)
Fees
 Sessional Rate
 Needlessly mysterious
 Plenty
 Negotiation
 Cancellation
 >14 days in advance no charge
 between 7 and 14 days 10% of contracted fee
 between 2 and 7 days 50% of contracted fee
 <48hours 100% of contracted fee
Tayside & NE Fife Sessional GP
Group
 List circulated every month
 Ensure fare rates
 Stop locum exploitation
 Educational activities
 Forum
 Main Contact: Hazel
Donaldson – LMC
business coordinator
hazeldonaldson@nhs.net
 Or try: Dr Mary O Brian –
Temporary chair of the
Locum group
mobrian@nhs.net
Out of Hours
 Main Contact: Audrey
Graham – OOH operational
manager
audrey.graham@nhs.net
 Or try: Dr Joyce Meikle –
OOH Medical Director
joyce.meikle@nhs.net
 Chaotic go live date
 “Shift up for grabs…”
Fife – Joyce Kelly –
joyce.kelly@nhs.net
 Central Vision
 OOH - Dr Joyce Meikle - joyce.meikle@nhs.net
 Tayside Locum Group – Dr Mary O Brian – mobrian@nhs.net
 Appraisal
Superannuation
 Form A – collect from each practice for each month
 Form B – combine your Form A’s to calculate gross
earnings for the month
 Send to the address below within a week of completing
the month:
Marj Mcavoy, Operations Manager, Practitioner Services
Division, Bridge View, 1 North Esplanade West, Aberdeen,
AB11 5QF
Finance
 Register as Self-employed with HMRC –
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/selfemployed/
 Keep receipts of everything
 Get an accountant / find out how to be an accountant
 Save up at least 35%
 Tax return will be in January 2013 for April 2011-April 2012
The good…
 Variety
 Flexibility
 Experience
The good…
 Sustainable
 Profitable
The good…
 More acute problems
 Much Less admin
 Heartsink patients are
easier to forget
The bad…
 Unsettling - too many “first
day at a new job” moments
 Requires good
organisational skills
 Disorientating
 Financial Insecurity
 Isolating
 Heartsink patients are
impossible to fix
Who on earth would choose to be
a locum GP?
Checklist
 CCT - June - see RCGP + GMC websites
 Performers list - Juneallison.rooney@nhs.net
 Tayside locum group - July hazeldonaldson@nhs.net
Once you’ve started
 Keep a meticulous diary
 Form A from each practice
 Form B end of each month marj.mcavoy@psdaberdeen.csa.scot.nhs.uk
 Finding work - July-Aug - email
practices
 OOH - Aug - audrey.graham@nhs.net
 Doctor’s bag – www.medsave.co.uk,
B&Q, friendly practice nurse
 Mobile + GPS/smartphone
 Forms – bring along on first day - GMC, CCT,
medical indemnity, Hep B status…
 Keep all receipts
 Tax return Jan 2013
 PDP + appraisal
 Don’t work too hard
 Enjoy your liberation
b.inch@nhs.net
Any Questions?